Re: [dev] st stutters and freezes, with 100% cpu usage, during window resize via mouse drag

From: Parke <parke.nexus_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:08:37 -0800

> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 06:13:58PM -0800, Parke wrote:
>> Compared to xterm, st will stutter/freeze when I resize a window by
>> dragging a window edge with the mouse. I have Openbox set to refresh
>> the window contents during the resize.

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 1:26 AM, Markus Wichmann <nullplan_AT_gmx.net> wrote:
> This will make OpenBox send a ConfigureNotify event whenever the mouse
> moves more than one character.
>
> Here's a premature optimization (attached). Please let us know if that helped.

After applying the patch, I think st freezes sooner (but stutters
less), stays frozen longer, and when coming out of a freeze, only
updates the display once, instead of stuttering when thawing. As
before, most of the CPU time is spent inside the X server.

Please don't feel obligated to try to improve st on my account. I'm
reasonably happy with xterm.

HTH,

Parke
Received on Thu Jan 16 2014 - 05:08:37 CET